Faculty and Teaching Assistants Honored With 2020 UK Provost's Outstanding Teaching Awards
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 11, 2020) — Nine university faculty and teaching assistants were recently recognized by the University of Kentucky with the 2020 Outstanding Teaching Awards.
This annual award recognizes faculty and graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate special dedication and outstanding performance in the classroom or laboratory. Recipients were selected via nomination and reviewed by a selection committee based in the Provost's Office for Faculty Advancement and the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching.
"The diversity of disciplines reflected in the Outstanding Teaching Award winners speaks to the breadth and depth of expertise that distinguishes the University of Kentucky," Provost David Blackwell said. "But, of course, no matter the discipline, each recipient shares something of lasting importance: the art of great teaching transcends any single discipline."
Winners received award certificates and cash awards of $4,000 for regular, special and clinical title series faculty and lecturers and $1,500 for teaching assistants.
The 2020 winners are:
Regular and Special Title Series Faculty
Betsy Beymer-Farris, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography
Gabriel Dadi, College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering
Kathryn (Rosie) Lanphere, College of Education, Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Lecturer and Clinical Title Series Faculty
Matthew Godbey, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Diane Loeffler, College of Social Work
Thomas Cochell, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Teaching Assistants
Edward Lee Bullock, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology
Jennifer Murray, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Juan Fernandez-Cantero, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Hispanic Studies
These awards are usually presented during a ceremony in April that had to be canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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